Oct 19, 2023 Board of Directors Regular Meeting Agenda

[1. Invocation / Pledge of Allegiance;]

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>> WELCOME TO THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OCTOBER 19TH, 2023. IT GIVES ME PLEASURE TO WELCOME RABBI WILLIAM GOLDBERG, HE RECEIVED HIS ORDINATION AND A DOCTORATE IN HEBREW LITERATURE, FROM THE INSTITUTE OF RELIGION.

RABBI GOLDBERG HAS SERVED AS AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AT THE YOUR OF STUDIES, GRADUATE OF THE INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH SPIRITUALITY. WELCOME RABBI.

>> IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AS ALWAYS.

I SEE THE BANNER CELEBRATING THE WOODLANDS AT 50.

IN THE BIBLE WE CALL IT THE JUBILEE YEAR.

I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU A PHRASE FROM LEF IT CUSS.

LEVITICUS. THAT MIGHT SOUND FAMILIAR.

WHEN PENNSYLVANIA WANTED TO CELEBRATE ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY AS A COLONY THEY COMMISSIONED A BELL TO BE BROUGHT TO THEM.

YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD THERE WAS A SLIGHT ACCIDENT ALONG THE WAY, A LITTLE CRACK BUT THE WORDS FROM LEVITICUS IS STILL ON THE IMEL, PROCLAIM LIBERTY AND ALL THE INHABITANTS.

WHAT DOES THAT LIBERTY REALLY MEAN, DRAW IN HEBREW, THE LIBERTY TO FEEL FREE AS WELL AS TO BE FREE, TO BE FREE FROM WORRY, TO BE FREE FROM FEAR. AND SO ON THIS DAY I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU A PRAYER THAT THE FEAR THAT IS TOO PREVALENT FOR SO MANY OF US THESE DAYS, WILL BE AMELIORATED BY FAITH IN A HIGHER POWER. DEAR GOD WE LIVE IN A BROKEN WORLD WITH ALL KINDS OF TRAGIC THINGS GOING ON EVERY DAY INCLUDING NATIONAL ISSUES, INTERNATIONAL VIOLENCE AND EVEN PRESENT LOCAL ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IT CAN BE VERY HARD NOT TO LIVE WITH FEAR BECAUSE IN OUR DAY-TO-DAY LIVES THERE'S SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

AND EVEN IF WE ARE SAFE AS WE LIKE TO BE, ON STOP OF ALL THIS WE HAVE STRUGGLES IN OUR PERSONAL LIVES INCLUDING OUR JOBS FINANCES, RELATIONSHIPS, ALL THE THINGS THAT LIFE CAN PILE UPON US. WE CAN'T HELP BUT GET CAUGHT UP IN THE FEAR OF IT ALL. AND SO GOD WHEN LIFE GETS TO BE SO MUCH, HELP US COME TO YOU, CALL OUR THOUGHTS AND EMOTIONS, OPEN OUR HEARTS TO YOUR PEACE COMFORT AND WISDOM.

HELP US TO LIVE IN FREEDOM AND NOT IN FEAR.

HELP US REST IN YOU AND TRUST IN YOU AS WE NAVIGATE THROUGH THIS

BROKEN WORLD AND WE SAY AMEN. >> THANK YOU RABBI FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL INVOCATION THIS YEAR. WE ARE HONORED YOU ARE HERE.

AND NOW AS WE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO OUR GREAT COUNTRY AND OUR GREAT STATE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG; I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND

INDIVISIBLE. >> IT IS 6:03.

[2. Call meeting to order;]

THE POSTING OCCURRED INSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE TOWNSHIP AT THE SOUTHWEST BUILDING. STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT AT LEAST FOUR OF OUR BOARD MEMBERSHIP BE IN ATTENDANCE TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM FOR CONDUCTING BUSINESS. I ASK EACH BOARD MEMBER TO INDICATE HIS OR HER PRESENCE BY RESPONDING WITH SOME AUDIBLE SOUND, OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT AS I CALL ROLL.

DIRECTOR BAILEY, HERE, DIRECTOR FRANKS, HERE.

DIRECTOR NELSON, HERE, DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS, HERE.

AND DIRECTOR MILNER, HERE. I DECLARE THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM.

[3. Receive, consider and act upon adoption of the meeting agenda;]

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>> SO MOVED. >> IS THERE A SECOND?

>> SECOND. >> SO MOVED.

>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE AGENDA.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

MOTION PASSES. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 4, I DON'T SEE AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ELECTED

[5. Public comment;]

PARTICIPATION BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN OPEN MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS WELCOMED AND ENCOURAGED.

A PUBLIC COMMENT AGENDA IS INCLUDED AT ALL REGULAR BOARD MEETING AGENDAS. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOARD ADOPTED POLICY TO PRODUCE THE MOST EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE PROCESS FOR ALLOWING CONSTITUENTS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS ACCEPTANCE PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES FOR PARTICIPATING IN PUBLIC MEETINGS. FIRST, EACH PERSON WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD MUST FIRST SIGN THE SPEAKER'S ROSTER PROVIDED BY THE BOARD SECRETARY. SECOND, INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD WISH TO MAKE GENERALLY ANNOUNCEMENTS, ADDRESS A TOPIC THAT IS NOT INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA OR WHO WISH TO ADDRESS SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS MUST DO SO UNDER THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AGENDA ITEM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.

3, 4, INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL BE LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF THREE MINUTES REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF TOPICS.

5, SPEAKERS WILL BE TAKEN IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY SIGN UP.

ANY SPEAKER ON A SINGLE SUBJECT MAY YIELD THEIR TIME TO ANOTHER SPEAKER ON THE LIST. 6, STATE LAW PROHIBITS THE BOARD FROM INFOR FORMALLY ACTING ON AM ON THE LIST UNLESS IT IS POSTED ON THE FORMAL AGENDA. THEREFORE ANY ITEMS NOT INCLUDED ON THE POSTED AGENDA IS LIMITED TO QUESTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION AND WHETHER OR NOT THE ITEM BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA.

NEXT, SPEAKERS MAY EXPRESS THEIR VIEWPOINT ON AN ISSUE BUT ARE NOT PERMITTED TO PARTICIPATE ON THE DEBATE ON AN ISSUE.

SPEAKERS WILL NOT USE PROFANITY, COMMENTS FROM SPEAKERS MAY BE MADE TO THE BOARD AS A WHOLE OR TO AN INDIVIDUAL DIRECTOR.

ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO PLEASE ASK YOU TO PLACE YOUR CELL PHONES ON THE SILENT MODE. FIRST ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT ROSTER IS MR. JOHN ADAMS. MR. ADAMS.

WELCOME. >> MY NAME IS JOHN ADAMS. I LIVE AT 23 TRANQUIL GLADE PLACE IN THE WOODLANDS NEXT TO FALCON GREAT PARK. I'M A LITTLE UPSET ABOUT THE LIGHTING SYSTEM THAT'S GOING ON IN THE PARK.

IT'S JUST BEEN RENOVATED. AND I'D LIKE TO -- I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT THE FALCON WING PARK LIGHT SYSTEM IS JUST A LITTLE BIT TOO BRIGHT FOR MY BACKYARD. IT'S AT 10:30 AT NIGHT IT'S LIKE DAYTIME. SERIOUSLY LIKE NOON.

SO I WAS HOPING THAT POSSIBLY A CANDLE LIT READING BE ASSESSED THERE AND SOME OTHER WORK BE PERFORMED.

AND EVEN I BRING UP THE PICKLE BPICKLEBALL NOISE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I TALKED TO THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF THE PARKS AND THEY ASSURED ME ALREADY THAT THIS WILL BE LOOKED INTO AND BE ADDRESSED AND I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT IT WILL BE DONE AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT PUBLIC THAT IT'S PRETTY BAD.

THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR COMING JOHN.

NEXT: LAURA NORTON. WELCOME BACK.

>> GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

MY NAME IS LAURA NORCHT AND I LIVE IN COCHRAN'S CROSSING.

I'M A CO-DEVELOPER OF THIS WEBSITE CALLED STOPOURSINKING.COM. AND MY COLLEAGUE, ELIZABETH

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WE CREATED OUR SIDE TO ADVOCATE FOR EXISTING HOMEOWNERS IN THE WOODLANDS AND IT CAN BE FOUND AT STOPOURSINKING.COM.

FIRST OUR BACKGROUND SINCE MOST OF US HERE HAVEN'T HAD EXPOSURE OF THE HISTORY OF WATER IN THE WOODLANDS.

IN 2015, WE IN THE WOODLANDS STARTED TO GET MOST OF OUR DRINKING WATER FROM LAKE CONROE FOR THE FIRST TIME.

THE SGRGRG. THEY CONSTRUCTED AN ALMOST FOUR FOOT TALL PIPE THAT BRINGS WATER TO US, DOWN 2978, THEN IT TURNS EAST AND GOES DOWN RESEARCH FOREST DRIVE.

THERE WAS ONLY ONE PROBLEM. FIVE GROUND FAULTS INTERSECT RESEARCH FOREST DRIVE. SO THE SGRA DECIDED TO MONITOR THESE FAULTS AND MAKE SURE THESE HUGE PIPES WEREN'T AT RISK OF BREAKING. FROM 2015 TO TODAY, SO EIGHT YEARS, THIS MONITORING HAS CLEARLY SHOWN THAT THE MORE GROUNDWATER WE TAKE, THE MORE THESE FAULTS ARE MOVING.

AND THE MORE OUR LAND IS SINKING.

A LONG STRETCH OF LAND RUNNING PARALLEL TO ONE FAULT IS SINKING FASTER THAN THE LAND TO THE EAST AND WEST OF IT AND THAT'S CAUSING FLOODING. THIS IS MAINLY IN COCHRAN'S CROSSING AND IT RUNS AS FAR NORTH AT 242 ALL THE WAY DOWN TO WOODLANDS PARKWAY. BECAUSE THE RISK TO HOMEOWNERS CAN BE SO FINANCIALLY CATASTROPHIC, THE OLD TOWNSHIP BOARD GOT SJRA TO PROMISE TO CONTINUE MONITORING THE FAULTS THAT ARE CAUSING THIS DAMAGE AND THEY'RE MONITORING IT TWICE A YEAR. THE ISSUE IS THEY WANT TO STOP DOING THAT SO OFTEN. WITH THE OLD BOARD GONE, SJRA HAS NOW BROKEN THAT PROMISE. AND YOU THINK THE CIRCUMSTANCES TO BREAK THAT PROMISE MIGHT HAVE BEEN BECAUSE THE MEASUREMENTS THEY WERE DOING WERE SHOWING LESS SUBSIDENCE.

BUT YOU'D BE WRONG. INSTEAD THE SINKING HAS INCREASED EXPONENTIALLY, LIKELY BECAUSE WOODLANDS WATER IS TAKING MORE GROUNDWATER THAN THEY DID WHEN THE SURFACE WATER TREATMENT PLANT ORIGINALLY OPENED.

IF YOU HAVE A RESIDENT ADVOCACY BONE IN YOUR BODY I ASK THAT YOU MAKE SURE SJRA CONTINUES LOW COST MONITORING INSTEAD OF WALKING AWAY FROM THE DATA AND TRYING NOT TO EVEN TAKE MEASUREMENTS ANYMORE, DO THE OPPOSITE.

BE THERE OR THE YOUR CONSTITUENTS TODAY, NOT JUST THE ONES COMING TOMORROW. I ASK THIS BOARD, AS THE BOARD BEFORE YOU DID, MAKE SURE THE FAULTS ARE MONITORED TWICE ANNUALLY. IT'S WHAT THE SCIENTISTS WE HIRED TOLD US WE SHOULD DO. AND THERE'S ONE THING RESIDENTS SHOULD KNOW: IF YOUR HOME FLOODS BECAUSE YOU'RE IN THE PATH OF THIS AGGRESSIVE SUBSIDENCE IN COCHRAN'S CROSSING OR YOUR CAR IS DAMAGED, YOU MAY LIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE AND IT FLOODS BECAUSE OF A PIPELINE BREAK, YOU WON'T BE COMPENSATED BY THIS GOVERNING BOARD OR FROM THE SJRA.

IT'S ON YOU TO GET YOUR CAR FIXED OR YOUR HOME FIXED, AND THE VALUE WILL BE PERMANENTLY LOST.

YOU SHOULD EXPECT YOUR GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT YOU FROM THIS KIND OF RISK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> THANK YOU, LAURA. [APPLAUSE]

>> ROB CARL. ROB.

>> THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME TALK WITH YOU THIS EVENING.

THIS FORMAT IS KIND OF NEW WITH ME, I'VE NOT DONE THIS BEFORE NO. MY FIRST TIME LAST MONTH. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THIS WHOLE THING WORKS. MY NAME IS ROB CARL, I LIVE IN WINDSOR HILLS. LAST MONTH I CAME TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE PAVILION AND THEIR CHANCE OF BANS THAT THEY ARE BRINGING IN THE COMMUNITY. THEY BROUGHT A BAND IN THAT

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I'M TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT, IF YOU ARE REPRESENTING US RESIDENTS, THAT'S WHERE THE CONFLICT IS.

SO SOMETHING OWNERS -- A DECISION NEEDS TO BE MADE.

ANOTHER ONE OF YOU SAID THAT SHE'S ASKING FOR TOO MANY THINGS TO BE PUT ON THE AGENDA. AND ON YOUR WEBSITE IT SAYS IF ELECTED I WILL WORK DILIGENTLY TO PRESERVE OUR WAY OF LIFE.

I PASSIONATELY BELIEVE THAT THE ROLE OF ELECTED OFFICIALS IS TO LISTEN TO THEIR CONSTITUENCY AND IN TURN ACT WITH THEIR WILL AS GUIDANCE IN GOVERNING. BY DOING THIS, WE CAN DERIVE BETTER REPRESENTATION FOR THE WOODLANDS FOR YEARS TO COME.

YOU HAVE RECEIVED A FACT SHEET ABOUT THE PAVILION.

PLEASE READ OVER IT. AND PLACE THE PAVILION OPEN THE AGENDA AND TAKE ACTION TO PRESERVE OUR COMMUNITY, ON THIS SHEET IT GIVES THE INCIDENT OF WHAT HAPPENED.

IT GIVES THE BACKGROUND OF THE PAVILION.

IT ALSO GIVES THE GOVERNANCE OF THE PAVILION.

THE FINANCIALS OF THE PARCHL AND SUGGESTIONS AS -- PAVILION AND SUNCHES AS TO WHAT WE CAN DO AS RESIDENTS OF THIS INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY WE HAVE IN HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THEM TO BRING IN THE RIGHT TYPE OF BANDS THAT REFLECT OUR VALUE AS A COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.

>> AND FOR CLARIFICATION MR. CARL, NONE OF THE SIX BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE ARE ON THE PAVILION BOARD.

SECOND: IT IS ON THE OCTOBER 25TH, WE HAD A FULL AGENDA TONIGHT. SO IT IS -- COME BACK NEXT WEEK.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. DID I NOT KNOW THAT, THANK YOU

FOR CLARIFYING. >> WE HAVEN'T POSTED IT BUT IT'S

ON THE 25TH. >> AWESOME, THANK YOU.

>> OKAY THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> THAT BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT.

MR. ALLEN. WELCOME BACK.

>> MY NAME IS MARCUS ALLEN, I LIVE IN CREEK SIDE PARK VILLAGE, KAYAK RIDGE. I WANT TO KNOW, THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. CARL FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION SO WE CAN FOCUS ON THE THINGS WE HEAR SO MUCH ABOUT.

WHAT WERE THE MITCHELLS VISION FOR THIS COMMUNITY TO BE A PLACE WHERE WE CAN WORK, LIVE, PLAY, LEARN AND BE IN HARMONY WITH NATURE. I THINK ONE OF THE MOST RECENT ONES I'VE HEARD IS THEY PUT A FAITH ELEMENT IN THERE TOO BUT IT'S ABOUT PRESERVING THAT. AND WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT HAS A THEME WITH THE FIRST TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TONIGHT. I'LL MAKE IT VERY CLEAR.

I DO NOT THINK THE BOARD IS LISTENING TO ITS CONSTITUENTS.

YOU MAY BE LISTENING BUT YOU'RE NOT ACTING UPON REAL CONCERNS.

THERE'S NOW A 26 ACRE OPEN PIT BEHIND MY RESIDENCE LOT.

IN GOSLING. YOU WERE WARNED AND I WAS GIVING YOU OPPORTUNITIES TO PURSUE TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE DAMAGES THAT ARE NOW OCCURRING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

MONDAY NIGHT THERE WAS A SEWAGE PLANT UPSET AT MUD 387.

YOU COULD SMELL THAT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ALL NIGHT LONG.

AND NOW THERE'S CONSTANT NOISE FROM THE GOSLING TRAFFIC WHERE WE USED TO NOT HAVE MUCH NOISE AT ALL EXCEPT DURING RUSH HOUR.

THOSE WERE THE TWO OF THE FIVE MITIGATIONS I BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION BACK AS EARLY AS APRIL.

AND THIS BOARD HAS ALLOWED A THEME OF -- THAT'S NOT ON OUR PROPERTY, THIS DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IN THE DOCUMENT YOU HAVE TONIGHT PREPARED BY THE COO IS MISLABELED AS GOSLING OAKS.

GOSLING OAKS IS BEING DEVELOPED TWO MILES AWAY AND OT SOUTH SIDE OF GOSLING. THE HARRIS COUNTY RECORDS SHOW THIS AS GOSLING TRACT OR GOSLING DEVELOPMENT.

THE OTHER MITIGATIONS I'VE ASKED YOU TO ADDRESS OR DO SOMETHING ABOUT I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE KAYAK RIDGE RESIDENTS.

THERE'S A LOT OF THEM. NOW THERE'S A HUGE EMBANKMENT FOUR AND A HALF FOOT ELEVATION, UP TO SIX FEET, HIGHER THAN WHAT

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THAT'S PUBLIC RELATIONS AND I'M JUST A CITIZEN.

THE OTHER THING OUTSIDE OF FLOODING: WAS THE ESTHETICS.

THERE IS NOTHING BETWEEN US EXCEPT A DESERT.

THIS BOARD IS FOCUSED ON ELEMENTS TO SUIT THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY WHACKING DOWN MORE TREES, MORE DEVELOPMENT, IT'S EVIDENT. AND I SEE YOU SHAKING YOUR HEAD BUT IT'S EVIDENT WHERE I LIVE. THE TWO PROJECTS WERE TAKEN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THE FILLING OF THE PONDS AND THE SEEDLINGS THAT ARE SIX FOOT TALL, HALF OF THOSE HAVE DIED.

SUGGESTIONS WERE PROVIDED HOW TO KEEP THOSE ALIVE, HOW TO PUT THOSE IN THERE IF WE MISS THE WINDOW OF PLANTING TO PLANT THEM AT A LATER DATE. I KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT MR. MITCHELL BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT HIM A LOT. I WASN'T IN THE ROOM WITH HIM BUT I'VE HEARD PEOPLE WORKING WITH HIM.

IF PEOPLE DELIVERED PROJECT RESULTS THAT WE EXPERIENCED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HE WOULD HAVE THEM IN A ROOM AND WHEN THEY LEFT THEY KNEW THEY WOULD KNOW THEY HAD TO MAKE IT RIGHT AND THEY WOULDN'T REPEAT THEIR MISTAKES AGAIN.

I'VE OFFERED OPPORTUNITIES AT THE LAST TIME I SPOKE TO YOU ABOUT LOOK-ALIKE PARKS THAT CAN BE DONE IN COOPERATION WITH THE DEVELOPER, AND AUBURN LAKES, TO MAKE AT LEAST SOMETHING ESTHETICALLY PLEASING BEHIND OUR RESIDENTS.

THERE IS ONE IN AUBURN LAKES AND ONE IN THE TOWNSHIP.

AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING IS SKEWED HERE.

WHERE OTHER THEMES ARE BEING PUT AHEAD OF TAKING CARE OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS. PROVE ME WRONG.

I REALLY WANT TO SEE SOMETHING DONE TO MITIGATE THE DAMAGES THAT WE ARE ALREADY FEELING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

>> THANK YOU, MR. ALLEN. [APPLAUSE]

>> THAT BRINGS US TO MR. PAYNE, JOHN PAYNE.

>> GOOD EVENING. I COME TO YOU TONIGHT TO DISCUSS A RECENT DECISION IMPACTING WOODLANDS CHILDREN AND RESIDENTS RESIDING IN CREEK SIDE AND TOMBOLISD.

TISD HAS AGAIN RECOMMENDED GOING FORWARD WITH A BUSING PLAN THAT WOULD TRANSPORT STUDENTS EVERY DAY FOR APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES IN PEAK TRAFFIC TO THE TOMBOL INNOVATION CENTER.

WELL, WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE SITE ITSELF, BEING IN TRAFFIC FOR NEARLY TWO HOURS, IS NEITHER SAFE OR HEALTHY FOR DEVELOPING CHILDREN. ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY HAVE TO DO THAT EVERY DAY. ADDITIONALLY THIS PLAN DEPRIVES OUR CHILDREN OF THEIR MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCE.

WE TALK ABOUT FAMILY, WE TALK ABOUT VALUES, WE TALK ABOUT MAKING A DIFFERENCE WITH OUR CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IT DID IT DEPRIVES THEM OF PAREL INVOLVEMENT WHICH IS SO CRITICAL TO CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT AND A VILLAGE TO DEVELOP A CHILD.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO YOU ARE. DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU ARE REPUBLICAN, DEMOCRAT, IT TAKES EVERYBODY TO RAISE A KIT.

AND IF -- A KID. AND IF YOUR KID IS THREE QUARTERS OF AN HOUR, HOUR AWAY, WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY GET SICK? HOW IS -- HOW ARE YOU GOING TO VOLUNTEER AT THAT SCHOOL? AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE? THE MORE PARENTS YOU HAVE THERE, THE SAFER THE SCHOOL'S GOING TO BE.

WE HAVE SEEN UVALDE, WE HAVE SEEN ALL THESE HORRIBLE STORIES

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SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS PLAN, OBVIOUSLY THE CREEK SIDE RESIDENTS ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IT.

SO WHAT WE ARE ASKING THE BOARD IS TO COME UP WITH A CREATIVE SOLUTION TO PLEASE HEM US. HELP OUR CHILDREN.

PARENTS ARE DISCUSSING LEAVING CREEK SIDE PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE THERE IS SO SPECIAL.

AND THE LAST THING THAT WE WANT TO DID IS TO DESTROY IT.

AND THIS PLAN BY TOMBOL ISD IS THREATENING TO DO THAT.

SO I ASK FOR THE BOARD TO ADDING US AS AN AGENDA ITEM IN SUBSEQUENT SESSIONS. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, MR. PAYNE. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT, RACHEL GOODLOE. [APPLAUSE]

>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS RACHEL GOODBLOOD.

MY FAMILY HAS BEEN HERE SINCE THE EARLY DAYS.

SPEAKING OF MR. MITCHELL, MY FAMILY WORKED CAN WITH THEM, ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND STREETS THAT WERE BUILT.

I WENT TO CONNOR ISD K-12. ALL OF THE SCHOOLS.

MANY OF MY CHILDHOOD TEACHERS AND MENTORS HAVE SCHOOLS NAMED AFTER THEM. IN ADDITION I SERVE THE COMMUNITY, MOST IMPORTANTLY I'M PRESIDENT ELECT OF JUNIOR LEAGUE OF THE WOODLANDS. I WILL SERVE NEXT YEAR AS PRESIDENT. WE REPRESENT HUNDREDS OF WOMEN WHO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, SERVE IN THE GAPS AND ISD TEACHERS AND PROFESSIONALS AND RESIDENTS. THIS YEAR I ALSO HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE AT ONE OF THE 148 MEMBERS ON THE CISD BOND COMMITTEE SO THAT'S WHY I'M SPEAKING TO YOU TONIGHT.

TOURING THE SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT MY EXPERIENCE ON THE BOND COMMITTEE THERE WERE JOKES MADE THAT I COULD GIVE THE TOUR BECAUSE THEY WERE EXACT SAME AS WHEN I WAS A CHILD.

AND I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS FUNNY UNTIL I SAW THAT IT WAS TRUE.

AND SO THE -- LITERALLY THE EXACT, THE WIRES WERE THE SAME THE CLASSROOMS WERE THE SAME THEY WERE NOT UPDATED.

NOW AS A PARENT IT WAS ALARMING IN A WAY.

SO IT'S OBVIOUS HOW MANY UPDATES THEY NEEDED.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THE BOND PROPOSAL WAS INTENTLY AND PURPOSEFULLY PUT TOGETHER. THERE WERE HOUSE SPENT OVER MANY MONTHS WITH THE ALMOST 150 MEMBERS.

WE HAD MUCH DELIBERATE RESEARCH, WE HAD A LOT OF DEBATE SO I WANTED TO SHARE A FEW POINTS THAT WILL SPECIFICALLY SERVE THE WOODLANDS, I WANT YOU TO BE AWARE OF.

SO THE WOODLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STILL HAVE FEWER GEMS THAN ANYWHERE ELSE, EVEN AS A KID THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I REMEMBERED, THE CAFETERIA AND THE GYM WERE THE SAME.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SCHEDULES AND OVERCROWDING OF THE SCHOOLS THAT IS SOMETHING THAT MAY SEEM FRIVOLOUS BUT IS REALLY IMPACTFUL OF THEIR DAY. THE NEW CAMPUS WILL EASE CROWDING IN THE WOODLANDS NEIGHBORHOODS, MANY PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT. THERE ARE MANY RENOVATIONS FOR KNOX AS WELL AS ADDITIONS TO MCCULLOUGH AND HAYLEY.

WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF THE SWIM AND DIVING TEAM, THEY WILL BE IMPACTED BY SOME OF THE PROPOSALS OFTEN THE BOND IF THEY AREN'T PASSED BECAUSE THEY CURRENTLY HAVE SIX SCHOOLS THAT ARE PRACTICING AT ONE POOL AND THE POOL TIME WILL HAVE TO BE LIMITED FOR HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS AND THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE SHARING IT WITHOUT THE ADDITIONS.

THERE IS ALSO A 2 CENT TAX RATE INCREASE TO 98 CENTS WHICH IS 2 CENTS LESS THAN LAST YEAR WITH THE OVERALL TAX DECREASE.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW IT WAS VERY PURPOSEFULLY PUT TOGETHER AND I IMPLORE YOU TO SUPPORT THE BOND IT IS VERY NECESSARY AS WE HAVE EXPLOSIVE GROWTH IN THE AREA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> ANN PERRY. NEXT ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT ANN PERRY. WELCOME BACK ANN.

>> OKAY CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? MY NAME IS ANN PERRY.

I LIVE AT 162 CAPSTONE OF COURSE.

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I REALLY DO WANT TO APPRECIATE, STOP IN THE CAPSTONE BATHROOMS IN MAY, THEY DID REVERSE THE CAP STONEBATHROOMS WHICH IS REALLY GOOD, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS GONE THROUGH OUR AREA BUT WE ARE EMBRACING NO BATHROOMS AND NO TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH TOO.

I LISTEN TO ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT TALK ABOUT GEORGE MITCHELL'S VISION. DO ANY PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THAT VISION IS? I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 33 YEARS AND I HAVE MET HIM AND WE ARE DOING A BAD JOB.

I THINK THAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO READ THAT BOOK.

WE ARE EMBRACING HIGH RISE LIVING NOW.

HOW MANY PEOPLE KNOW THAT? WE ARE GOING TO HAVE HIGH RISE LIVING IN FRONT OF THE WOODLANDS AND WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT IS GOING TO DO? BRING MORE TRAFFIC.

MORE SOLICITORS ON OUR WATER. MORE TREES COMING DOWN.

I'M HERE TO SAVE THE TREES AND TO KEEP WHAT WE HAVE.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS BOARD IS DOING A GOOD JOB FOR THAT.

BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL ABOUT THE DEVELOPER.

I'M HERE TO PUT A BALANCE IN THAT.

AND IF YOU SEE WHAT I HAD TO DO FOR THE LAST FIVE MONTHS, AND GET 167 SIGNATURES AND BEG THEM NOT TO SPEND $300,000, IT TOOK A LOCK TIME. -- LONG TIME.

AND IT SAID MY HOME TOWN FEELING IS LOSING ITS FEEL.

WE ARE BECOMING HOUSTON. AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT.

WE CAN (INAUDIBLE) CRITICAL WHAT WE ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH.

MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE MOVING HERE.

THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE AND MORE TRAFFIC --

>> WE HAVE TO STOP YOU. WE CANNOT BE PLOKING PUBLIC COMMENT, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT, SAME THING RELATED TO GOVERNMENT, YOU CAN STAY THAT.

LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT THE NEXT TWO YEARS AND WHAT YOU'RE

WILLING TO DO. >> I'M NOT SAYING I'M GOING TO DO IT, THE NEXT TWO YEARS OF GEORGE MITCHELL'S VISION IS NOT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. I DO APPRECIATE NOT HAVING THE BATHROOMS AND I THINK YOU GUYS NEED TO LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE IT TOOK A LOT OF EFFORT. AND IF THEY NEED TO START A PETITION THEY MIGHT NEED TO START A PETITION.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU ANN.

LAST ON THE AGENDA WAS ELIZABETH RICARD BUT SHE GAVE HER THREE MINUTES TO LAURA NORTON. SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC

COMMENT. >> WOULD I BE ABLE TO COME UP

AND SAY SOMETHING? >> NO, I'M SORRY.

THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 6, TO SAVE CONSIDER AND ACT UPON

[ CONSENT AGENDA]

IS THERE A MOTION. >> MADAM CHAIR I ASK TO PULL OUT AGENDA ITEM 6 B AND PLACE IT ON THE REGULAR AGENDA.

THAT IS ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES.

>> OKAY. 6 B.

IS THERE ANY OTHER ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? IF NOT IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 6B?

>> SO MOVED. >> IS THERE A SECOND?

>> SECOND. >> I SAID SECOND.

>> I'M SORRY. >> THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

[b. Receive, consider and act upon Administrative Reports for Community Services;]

AND WE'LL CALL ON DR. NUNES TO ADDRESS THIS.

DR. NUNES. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THE -- WHAT IS IN YOUR PACKET IS OUR MONTHLY ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT FOR THE UNITS THAT I OVERSEE WHICH INCLUDES PARKS AND

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>> I MENTIONED MANY OF THOSE TO YOU THIS AFTERNOON, I GUESS YOU REMEMBER. IF YOU MISS ANY OF THEM I'LL

BRING THEM UP AGAIN. >> SOME OF THE QUESTIONS DR. SHELLY, WHY SOME OF THE NUMBERS AT THE BOAT HOUSE AS WELL AS TEXAS STREET VENTURES, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT TEXAS STREET VENTURES WAS CLOSED DURING THE START OF THIS YEAR FOR THE RENOVATION AND EXPANSION.

IT TOOK TWO MONTHS TO GET THE PARK REBUILT, EXPANDED TO THE ADDITIONAL 23-24 LSSMENTS AS WELL AS TRAIN ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR THAT. WITH SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE ALREADY HAD WERE RELATED TO HEAT.

WHILE TRADITIONALLY WE GET GOOD SUMMERS, THIS WAS VERY, VERY HOT. AND THAT SLOWED DOWN A LOT OF USE WHICH IS ALSO WHAT WE THINK IS OCCURRING AT RIVER ROAD BOAT HOUSE AND THOSE TYPES OF FACILITIES AS WELL.

WE SEE THAT A LOT OF TIMES WHERE IT JUST GETS TOO HOT AND PEOPLE ARE LIKE I WANT TO STAY IN MY HOUSE, THE AIR CONDITIONING IS ON. WHAT WE ARE ENCOURAGED BY IS TYPICALLY WHEN WE LOOK AT THE TRENDS AND WE'VE BEEN TRACKING THE BOAT HOUSE USE MONTH BY MONTH BOAT BY BOAT SINCE 2009, TYPICALLY WE SEE A PUSH BETWEEN THAT NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER TIME PERIOD. THAT ALSO IS A TIME TO REBOUND ON SOME -- WE'RE CROSSING OUR FINGERS, IF THE WEATHER IS GOOD TO REBOUND ON SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS.

I REMEMBER OUR FIRST YEAR ON TEXAS TREE VENTURES WE DID ABOUT $92,000 THE FIRST TWO WEEKS. THERE ARE THINGS HERE AGAIN --

>> MAY 60 YOU A POINT HERE? >> SURE.

>> THE DEFICIENCY TWIN 2022 AND 2023 FOR THE RIVA ROW BOAT HOUSES IS ABOUT $23,000 THIS TIME OF YEAR AND THE SWANS, THERE IS NOTHING FROM 2022. SO WE DIDN'T HAVE THEM I GUESS IN 2022. OR THE NUMBERS AREN'T THERE.

>> I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT NUMBER BUT THE OTHER FACTOR THAT I WANT TO TELL YOU TOO IS, WE ARE LOOKING AT A VERY, VERY HIGH NUMBER. IT'S NOT IN THIS PACKET.

BUT WE HAD OUR ALL TIME HIGH IN 2021 AS PEOPLE COMING OUT OF COVID WERE ENJOYING THE BOAT HOUSES AND ENJOYING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. SO WE HAVE SEEN THOUGHT ONLY IN THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY BUT ACROSS MANY, MANY SPECTRUMS OF

RECREATIONAL CONSUMPTION. >> SO PEOPLE HAVE CHOICES NOW.

>> YES. >> I DO WANT TO BRING UP THE QUESTION I BROUGHT UP EARLIER FOR YOU TO CONSIDER AND THAT IS THERE IS A HIGH RISE GOING UP AT THE CORNER OF SIX PINES AND RIVA ROW. WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO GIVE US MORE INFORMATION ON WHETHER THAT IS HAVING NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR REVENUE FROM WHETHER IT IS THE RIVA ROW BOAT HOUSES OR THE SWAN BOATS OR ANYTHING OVER THERE? THAT'S A BIG PROJECT.

>> SINCE IT BEGAN TWO WEEKS AGO WE DON'T HAVE ANY RELIABLE DATA.

>> WE ARE ALREADY DOWN $100,000. >> WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE HAVE IMENL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS UP AND DOWN SINCE 2009 WHEN THE FACILITY OPENED AND THE USE HAS HAD MINIMAL IMPACT. YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER DURING ONE PART OF 2021, SOMEWHERE IN THAT RANGE, THERE WAS A DETOUR TO LAKE WOODLANDS BECAUSE OF A BRIDGE TO START I STILL CALL IT MITCHELL ISLAND SO I APOLOGIZE. BUT COMING AROUND THERE.

SO THAT BRIDGE WAS IN PLACE I THINK FOR SIX MONTHS.

>> AND WOULD IT NOT BE FAIR TO SAY ALSO, ALONG THE COMMENTS FROM DIRECTORS SEKULA-GIBBS, THE SWANS HAVE BEEN HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL SINCE THE INCEPTION OF BOTH.

>> THE GOAL OF THOSE TWO PROGRAMS ARE TO BE COST NEUTRAL.

ACTUALLY THE GOALS ARE HAVING COST RECOVERY IN EXCESS OF THEIR EXPENSES INCLUDING THE OPERATIONAL AS WELL AS SOME SMALL CAPITAL ITEMS, I.E. WE REPLACED THE KAYAKS AS WELL AS THE SWAN BOATS OUT OF OUR OPERATIONAL DOLLARS.

THEY ARE COST FROOU TRAL AND THE REVENUE GOES BACK INTO THE RECREATIONAL DEPARTMENT, DIVISION I SHOULD SAY AND ACTUALLY FUND OTHER PROGRAMS AND KEEP THOSE FEES ON A LOWER

BASIS. >> COULD YOU ALSO ADDRESS THE COVENANT ADMINISTRATION, NOT THAT, THE TRANSPORTATION PART, REGARDING THE WOODLANDS EXPRES AND THE TROLLEYS TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THAT BECAUSE THAT IS GOOD NEWS.

>> BOTH THE TROLLEYS, THE TROLLEYS WENT DOWN A LITTLE BIT THIS MONTH BUT WE ARE ACTUALLY ABOVE PRECOVID LEVELS.

>> 45% ABOVE, THAT'S ENORMOUS. >> WE ARE VERY POSITIVE ABOUT THAT. WE HAVE A BIG PUSH IN THE

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>> AND THEN THE WOODLANDS EXPRESS, YOU REPORTED A 6%

INCREASE FROM 2022. >> CORRECT.

WE STILL SEE THOSE NUMBERS GOING UP.

AND ACTUALLY WE HAD OUR FIRST DAY ON A TUESDAY WHERE WE SURPASSED 800 WHICH WAS EARLIER THIS WEEK.

SO WE WERE VERY, VERY PLEASED. TYPICALLY WE'VE HAD 800 PLUS USERS ONLY ON A HANDFUL OF TIMES ON A WEDNESDAY.

WE'RE SEEING IT ON TUESDAY SO WE'RE SEEING SOME REBOUND BUT WE STILL HAVE NOT GOTTEN THAT BIG HEY EVERYBODY IS BACK TO WORK, PEOPLE ARE STILL WORKING A VARIETY OF SCHEDULES.

SO GETTING TO PRECOVID NUMBERS IS NOT IN THE DISTANCE AT ALL.

>> SO REGARDING THE ENERGY CORRIDOR TRANSPORTATION PIECE, I SEE THAT YOU REPORTED A 50% INCREASE IN USAGE FOR THE ENERGY

CORRIDOR. >> THOSE NUMBERS ARE GETTING A LITTLE BIT BETTER. IT'S A SMALL POPULATION OF FOLKS THAT ARE USING IT. BUT IT'S THE -- YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME SOMEBODY USES IT THE COST PER RIDER ACTUALLY GOES DOWN WHICH IS GOOD. WE GET SOME INDICATIONS THAT THERE IS SOME MORE ABOUT A BEING TO WORK AT THOSE SITES SO PEOPLE ARE PICKING UP THE USE OF THE PARK AND RIDE SERVICE.

>> SO THAT'S ALL GOOD NEWS. WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT DETAIL. I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. >> OF COURSE.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE 6B? >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND? >> SECOND.

>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

[7. Receive, consider and act upon an update regarding fault monitoring (as requested by Director Sekula-Gibbs); ]

>> GOOD EVENING, I'M THE ACTING GENERAL MANAGER AND ALSO DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR THE SAN JACINTO RIVER AUTHORITY.

PLEASED TO BE HERE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE MEASUREMENTS WE HAVE TAKEN ON RESEARCH FOREST NEAR CATS CRADLE. SO WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN.

AS I LEARNED YOUR COMPUTER AND YOUR SYSTEM.

SO TO START WITH, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF ELECTED OFFICIALS, APPOINTED OFFICIALS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY THAT WERE CONCERNED BACK IN THE EARLY 2000S AND LATE 1990S ABOUT GROUNDWATER WRAWM. WITHDRAWAL.

THE CONCERN WAS MONTGOMERY COUNTY WAS GROAFG SIGNIFICANTLY AND GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWAL WAS POSSIBLY EXCEEDING THE RATE OF RECHARGE OF THE AQUIFER. WE CREATED THE LONESTAR DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, COME BACK TO THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY, THE VOTERS DID APPROVE THE CREATION OF THE LONE STAR GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT. THE AMOUNT OF WATER THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT AT THE TIME OR THROUGH ANNIVERSARIES STUDIES THAT LONE STAR DID, THEY DETERMINED THAT 64,000 ACRE FEET PER YEAR WAS THE TYPICAL RECHARGE FOR THE AQUIFER.

THE RECHARGE INCLUDES THE GULF COAST AQUIFERS.

THEY CAME BARK, STARTED LOOKING DOING A BUNCH EVER SCIENTIFIC WORK, THEY CAME BACK WITH RULES IN AROUND 2008, THAT STARTED TALKINGABOUT LIMITING GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWAL.

THEY CREATED A DISTRICT PLAN, THEY ROLLED IT OUT, THERE WAS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

THE -- BASICALLY THEY WERE COMING OUT AND SAYING OKAY, BY A CERTAIN DATE FORWARD FROM NOW, WE WOULD NEED TO REDUCE

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THAT'S WHERE ALL THE ENTITIES THAT WERE 10 MILLION GALLONS OR GREATER, HAD TO HAVE AN ALTERNATE SUPPLY IN AT LEAST 30% OF THEIR WATER SUPPLY. THEY WERE LOOKING AT OBVIOUSLY YOU HAD TO DO POPULATION PROJECTIONS AND ALSO WATER DEMAND PROJECTIONS IN ORDER TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH YOU NEEDED GOING FORWARD. ALSO IN THIS PLAN THEY REQUIRED YOU TO HAVE A SOURCE FOR YOUR POTENTIAL ULTIMATE VOLUME.

WHICH MEANT IN THE CASE OF THE SAN JACINTO RIVER AUTHORITY WE WERE HAVING TO FIND OTHER SOURCES OTHER THAN LAKE CONROE AND I'LL GET TO THAT IN A MINUTE.

SO SJRA CREATED A VOLUNTARY GROUNDWATER REDUCTION PLAN, WHEN I SAY VOLUNTARY IT WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL THE ENTITIES IN THE COUNTY, THEY COULD JOIN US OR COULD DO THEIR OWN GROUNDWATER REDUCTION PLAN OR THEY COULD JOIN SOMEONE ELSE'S GROUND WATER REDUCTION PLAN. ULTIMATELY THERE ARE 42 IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. OURS IS THE LARGEST, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 80 EXPWTSZ WITH 149 UTILITY OPERATIONS THAT ARE PART OF OUR GROUNDWATER REDUCTION PLAN.

SO WHAT DOES THE GROUNDWATER REDUCTION PLAN CONSIST OF? WE HAVE SURFACE WATER PLANT AT THE EAST END OF THE LAKE AND WE HAVE A 55 MILE PIPELINE THAT SERVES CONROE, THE WOODLANDS AND SOME OTHER ENTITIES EAST OF THE WOODLANDS ON EAST SIDE OF 45.

MR. THE DELIVERY FIRST STARTED, WE WERE DELIVERING 65% SURFACE GROUNDWATER TO THE WOODLANDS AND 35% GROUNDWATER.

THAT WAS UNDER THE REGULATIONS OF MEETING OR COMPLIANCE WITH THE LONE STAR RULES. AS THEIR RULES CHANGED, OBVIOUSLY THE BLEND RATIO CHANGED AND PART OF IT HAD TO DO WITH JUST KEEPING THE MINIMUM OPERATIONS ON THE SURFACE WATER PLANT BECAUSE IN 2019, THE RULES WERE BASICALLY DISMISSED AND WE HAD A $500 MILLION SYSTEM OUT THERE THAT WE NEEDED TO KEEP OPERATIONAL. AND SO WE WENT TO THE BASIC INSTEAD OF 30 MILLION GALLONS A DAY WE WENT BACK TO 12 MILLION GALLONS A DAY AND THAT WAS TO DO BASIC OPERATIONS, HAVE ENOUGH REVENUE TO PAY THE DEBT AND OPERATE THE PLANT.

>> QUESTION MR. SHACKLEFORD. IN 2019 DID YOU GO BACK INSTEAD

OF 65% SURFACE TO 35? >> YES, MA'AM WE DID.

AND THEN MOST RECENTLY THE WOODLANDS IS NOW ON A 50-50 BLEND. 50% SURFACE WATER, 50% GROUNDWATER. SO HERE'S SOME QUICK PROJECTIONS ON -- WELL LET ME BACK UP. THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD BACK IN THE MID 90S CREATED REGIONAL PLANNING THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS. THERE ARE 16 PLANNING AREAS IN TEXAS, THE ONE THAT SERVES THIS AREA, INCLUDING IT'S ABOUT 13 COUNTIES IS REGION H, IT MEETS AT OUR OFFICE AT THE RIVER NORTH QUARTERLY, AND AS THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU IT LOOKS AT PROJECTED WATER DEMANDS, IT SHOWS POPULATION, THE AREA FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY IS THAT TURQUOISE BLUE TOWARDS THE TOP OF EACH OF THOSE GRAPHS AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IN 2020 IT'S ONE DIMENSION AS YOU GET OUT TO 2070 IT'S A MUCH LARGER DIMENSION.

SO THE PLANNING IN REGION H IS FOR A 50 YEAR PERIOD MINIMUM.

SO BARK TO THE GROUNDWATER REDUCTION PLAN A LITTLE BIT.

WHEN I SAID IT WAS VOLUNTARY IT MEANT THAT ANYBODY SO JOIN IT.

THERE'S BEEN COMMENTS PLAYED BY PEOPLE NORTH OF THIS AREA THAT SAID SOMEBODY HELD A GUN TO OUR HEAD TO JOIN THAT CONTRACT.

THAT'S NOT TRUE. NO GUNS WERE INVOLVED.

THERE WAS A CONTRACT REQUIREMENT, THERE WAS A DISINCENTIVE FEE APPLIED TO ANYBODY THAT DID NOT COMPLY WITH LONE STAR'S RULES AND IT WAS LIKE $10 PER THOUSAND SO MUCH HIGHER THAN THE WATER BILLS ARE AT A.

BUT IT CAUSED ALL THE ENTITIES THAT WERE PUMPING 10 MILLION GALLONS OR GREATER TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS.

AS I MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO THEY EITHER HAD TO CREATE THEIR OWN GROUNDWATER REDUCTION PLAN, JOIN OURS, OR DO THEIR OWN THING.

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MANAGES. >> I DON'T APPRECIATE YOUR REPORT AND THANK YOU, BUT YOU MAY RECALL ONCE IF GROUNDWATER REDUCTION PLAN BEGAN PROVIDING SURFACE WATER, THAT SUBSIDENCE

AND SUBSIDENCE RATES WERE DOWN. >> YES, MA'AM.

>> AND SO TO ME, THE THE CHALLE IS NOW THAT WE'RE USING MORE GROUNDWATER, WE'VE SEEN SUBSIDENCE INCREASE AND WE HAVE HOMES, WE HAVE A LOT OF CHALLENGES.

I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT SOME OF MY NOTES AND TO ME, THE THOSE THAT I HAD THAT STATED THAT SINCE 2020, SUSH SIDE ANSWER RATES HAVE DOUBLED AND REDOUBLED SINCE WE'VE STARTED THIS NEW PLAN. AND THAT CONCERNS ME GREATLY.

>> I UNDERSTAND THAT. SJRA DOES NOT REGULATE GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWAL. WE COMPLY WITH WHAFERS RULES IN

PLACE. >> MR. SHACKLEFORD YOU WERE HERE

FOR PUBLIC COMMENT RIGHT? >> NO, SIR I WAS ASKED TO

PRESENT. >> YOU WERE IN THE ROOM.

>> YES, SIR I WAS. >> YOU HEARD THE SPEAKERS SPEAK ON MONITORING OF THE FAULT LINES.

>> CORRECT. >> IS IT SJRA'S POSITION THAT IT'S ATTEMPTING TO WITHDRAW FROM THAT ANNUAL MONITORING?

>> NO, SIR. >> SO SJRA WILL CONTINUE TO DID AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR TO MONITOR?

>> THAT'S NOT THE QUESTION YOU JUST ASKED ME SIR.

>> AND I'M ASKING YOU ANOTHER ONE.

>> OKAY. >> WILL SJRA COMMIT TO THIS BODY TO CONTINUE ITS MONITORING AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR?

>> WOULD YOU LIKE SOME INFORMATION TO GO WITH THAT

BEFORE I ANSWER THAT QUESTION? >> WELL, NO.

I THINK IT'S A PRETTY RELATIVELY STRAIGHTFORWARD QUESTION.

WHAT'S BEEN POSED BY A MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY IS SJRA IS

ATTEMPTING TO WITHDRAW. >> YES.

>> YOUR ANSWER TO MY FIRST QUESTION WAS NO.

>> THE ESTUARY HAS RECOMMENDED FROM TWICE A YEAR TO ONCE A YEAR AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS WE HAVE AN ENGINEER TO STUDY AND TRY TO IDENTIFY THE SUSPECTED PANTHER BRANCH FAULT.

THEY DID NOT IDENTIFY THE FAULTING WHERE OUR WATER LINE

CROSSES THE FAULT. >> WHAT IS THE BURDEN OF THAT?

IT IS PRETTY MINIMAL. >> IT IS ABOUT 15,000.

>> EXTREMELY MINIMAL. I'M ASKING YOU TO COMMIT OR GO BACK TO THIS OTHER SUBCOMMITTEE, THAT ON BEHALF OF THIS BODY, WE WOULD LIKE THE MONITORING TO MAINTAIN AND BE AT LEAST WHAT IT IS, AND HAS BEEN OF TWICE A YEAR.

CAN YOU COMMIT TO DO THAT? >> I'M HAPPY TO GO BACK TO THE REVIEW COMMITTEE AND INDICATE YOUR ALL'S PREFERENCE.

>> IF THAT IS A MOTION I WOULD SECOND HAD A MOTION.

>> BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN IN MARCH AND SEPTEMBER UNTIL RECENTLY.

>> I'M SORRY, I'M NOT FOLLOWING YOUR QUESTION.

>> THE MONITORING WAS DONE TWICE A YEAR IN MARCH AND SEPTEMBER.

IF I RECALL CORRECTLY. >> CORRECT.

>> I PAID FOR AT LEAST ONE MONITORING WHEN THAT PIPE WAS

BEING BUILT I'M SURE. >> THE BUDGET CYCLE FOR THIS THE TRP DIVISION IS SEPTEMBER 1 TO AUGUST 30TH.

AND SO WHAT HAPPENED IN MARCH AND SEPTEMBER, MARCH THIS YEAR WAS PART OF THE FY 23 BUDGET, THE SEPTEMBER MONITORING WAS PART OF THE FY 24 BUDGET AND THE COMMITTEE ONLY REVIEWED ONCE FOR

FY 24. >> I GUESS THE MESSAGE AND WATER WE'RE ASKING YOU TO CARRY BACK IS THAT WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS HERE IN THE WOODLANDS. AND IN ORDER TO GIVE COMFORT TO THOSE CONCERNS WE THINK 15,000 IS A VERY SMALL ASK.

AND SO WE THINK THAT THE MONITORING SHOULD NOT BE REDUCED. IT SHOULD MAINTAIN.

>> I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE IT TO THE REVIEW COMMITTEE AND ASK

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THEM TO RECONSIDER. >> WE'D BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH

Y'ALL. >> I HAVE A QUESTION.

>> YES, SIR. >> YOU HAVE BEEN IN A MULTIYEAR LAWSUIT WITH A MUNICIPALITY OR MUNICIPALITIES NORTH OF HERE

CORRECT? >> CORRECT.

>> THOSE LEGAL COSTS HAVE GOT TO BE INCREDIBLE.

>> ASTRONOMICAL. >> ARE WE CUTTING COST ON MONITOR BEING DUE TO BLEEDING MONEY OUT TO LAWYERS OR --

>> NO, SIR. >> THERE IS NO REASON FOR THAT?

>> WE BUDGET, WE BUDGET FOR THOSE LEGAL EXPENSES.

>> I THINK IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS, MR. SHALIKASHVILI FORD THAT THIS BOARD IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT NOT CONTINUING THE MONITORING AS IT HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO SECOND IT, BUT -- OKAY I WILL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE ASK SJRA TO CONTINUE SEMI ANNUAL MONITORING AS THEY HAVE BEEN DOING NOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IN THE INTEREST OF TAKING CARE OF OUR RESIDENTS AND NOT INCREASING THE RISK OF SUBSIDENCE AND JEOPARDIZING THE GROUNDWATER REDUCTION PLAN PIPELINE WHICH IS NEAR THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL.

>> AND I WILL SERK THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST IN FURTHER DISCUSSION I WOULD SAY THAT THE SAVINGS OF $15,000 IS NOT EVEN ON THE RADAR RELATIVE TO THE RISK IF MONITORING COULD PREVENT SOMETHING. I MEAN THAT'S ONE PROBLEM AT ONE RESIDENCE. SO TO THE EXTENT WE CAN GET A FRONT OF A REAL PROBLEM I THINK THAT NUMBER IS MINUTE.

IT IS A DOT. >> OKAY SO IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED, AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE.

TO OUR CONCERN OF HAVING THE MEASUREMENT OCCUR TWICE A YEAR.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

THE OTHER THAT YOU AND I HAD DISCUSSED PRIOR TO YOUR PRESENTATION, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT POSSIBLY YOU CAN CREATE WHAT IS CALLED A SUBSIDENCE DISTRICT.

I BELIEVE HARRIS COUNTY HAS ONE. AND YOU'RE MUCH MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE THAN I AM AND SO WOULD LIKE YOU TO ADDRESS THAT.

>> THEY'RE CREATED BY THE LEGISLATURE.

THERE IS ONE THAT COVERS THE HARRIS-GALVESTON AREA, THERE IS ALSO ONE IN THE FORT BEND AREA. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TALK TO THE CURRENT SUBSIDENCE DISTRICT IN HARRIS COUNTY AS TO THEIR ISSUE.

I WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT THE LONE STAR, THERE MIGHT BE SOME COMPETITION THERE, IF A SUBSIDENCE DISTRICT WAS CREATED.

>> THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW, THANK YOU.

>> I WILL GET BACK TO YOU ON THE PROCESS.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, CONCERNS?

>> APPRECIATE YOU. >> WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU FOR COMING. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS

[8. Receive, consider and act upon Resolution No. 016-23 regarding the Conroe Independent School District 2023 Bond Referendum (as requested by Director Nelson);]

TO RECEIVE CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A RESOLUTION REGARDING THE CONROE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 2023 BOND REFERENDUM.

YOU WERE -- CAN LOOK AT PAGES 63 TO 65 IN YOUR BOARD PACKET.

ON SEPTEMBER 27TH, CSD SUPERINTENDENT DR. CURTIS NOLL PRESENTED FORECAST TO THE BOARD CONSIDERING CSD'S BOND 2023.

TONIGHT THE BOARD WILL CONSIDER RESOLUTION 016-23.

REGARDING THE CONROE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I REFER TO LINDA NELSON, DIRECTOR, TO PRESENT.

>> THANK YOU. I WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE BOND COMMITTEE AS ONE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

EARLY VOTING STARTS ON MONDAY. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT BOND.

I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT SEVERAL TIMES ALREADY.

SUPERINTENDENT CURTIS NOLL DID A GREAT JOB SPEAKING ABOUT IT HERE. HE'S ALSO SPOKEN THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MONTGOMERY COUNTY. ITSELF, THE SCHOOLS HERE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME MAJOR RENOVATIONS, ADDITIONS, INFRASTRUCTURE, A LOT OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE 30 YEARS OLD HERE.

I REMEMBER WHEN THEY WERE BEING BUILT.

MY KIDS WERE ONE OF THE FIRST ONES THAT WENT TO WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL, INFRASTRUCTURE FOR COLLEGE PARK, DAVID, LYNN WOOD, HOUSER, POWELL, RIDE, WE HAVE FIVE SCHOOLS THAT DON'T EVEN HAVE GYMS. THEY COME IN AND THAT'S WHERE THE KIDS LINE UP FOR BUS DUTY AND THEY CLEAR THEM OUT AND IT BECOMES A GYM. BUT THEY BRING IN THE TABLES FOR CAFETERIA, FOR LUNCH, AND THEY PUT THEM AWAY.

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MOST OF THE OTHER SCHOOLS WITHIN CISD DO HAVE GYMS. OUR SCHOOLS RIGHT HERE DO NOT. THERE IS FOUR PROPOSITIONS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP TO ADOPT THE FULL 2023 SCHOOL BONDS PACKAGE.

>> DISCUSSION. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. WE WILL HAVE DISCUSSION.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE 2023 CISD BOND. DISCUSSION.

>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. I BELIEVE THAT I WAS NOT ELECTED TO TELL THE RESIDENTS HOW TO VOTE ON SCHOOL BOND ISSUES.

AND I ALSO BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD EDUCATE AND NOT MANDATE.

IT IS A VERY LARGE BOND ISSUE. THIS IS A $2 BILLION INITIATIVE.

AND EACH FAMILY SHOULD STUDY THE BOND ISSUE AND VOTE IN A WAY THAT BEST MEETS THE NEEDS OF THEIR FAMILY AND THEIR GOALS.

WITH CRIPPLING INFLATION AND RISING FORECLOSURES INCLUDING THE ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY OF THE TIME, SOME FAMILIES MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE TWO PENNY INCREASE.

THE GOVERNOR HAS CALLED THE SPECIAL MEETING, ESA'S WILL GIVE TEXAS PARENTS GREATLY EXPANDED SCHOOL CHOICE.

THE GOVERNOR LAST ALSO REQUESTED TO TAKE ACTION REGARDING THE OPEN SOUTHERN BORDER. BECAUSE OF THESE EFFORTS, THERE MAY BE A REDUCTION IN OVERCROWDING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

THEREFORE I ASK THE TOWNSHIP BOARD TO NOT VOTE FOR THIS RESOLUTION AND TO LEAVE IT IN THE HANDS OF THE WOODLANDS

RESIDENTS. >> THANK YOU.

OTHER COMMENTS. >> YES.

OUR VOTE DOESN'T -- TODAY IN THIS RESOLUTION IS EFFECTIVELY JUST GOING TO BE A STATEMENT OF EACH OF OUR OWN OPINIONS AND VIEWS ON THE BOND. AND THEN THE MAJORITY AS TO WHETHER THAT -- THIS BOARD COLLECTIVELY IS FOR OR AGAINST.

SO I TAKE ISSUE WITH ANY IMPLICATION THAT WE ARE MANDATING OR TELLING SOMEONE HOW TO VOTE ON THE BOND.

EVERYONE SHOULD EDUCATE THEMSELVES.

I AM A PROUD GRADUATE OF CISD AND PUBLIC SCHOOL AS WAS EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY. MY MOM TAUGHT FOURTH GRADE IN CISD FOR MANY YEARS AND WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE CHOICE AND I CHOSE CISD FOR MY OWN CHILDREN AND I'VE BEEN VERY PLEASED WITH THAT. WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE LEGISLATURE MAY OR MAY NOT CHANGE THINGS BUT WHAT IS CERTAINTY IS THAT OUR PUBLIC SYSTEM IS IN DIRE NEED OF HELP HERE. AND I THINK WE ARE ALSO IN A POSITION WHERE WE ARE GOING TO CHOKE OFF AND HURT THE MIDDLE CLASS AND PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT HAVE A CHOICE TO GET A VOUCHER OR SOME OTHER CARE. I'M NOT AGAINST THAT SYSTEM OR PROGRAM AT ALL THAT'S BEING DISCUSSED IN AUSTIN AND I THINK IT HAS ITS PLACE FOR EVERYONE. I'D LIKE TO DRIVE AS NICE A CAR AS YOU DO DR. GIBBS BUT I CAN'T. THERE IS GOT TO BE A SYSTEM IN PLACE THAT IS GOING TO LIFT UP EVERY ONE OF OUR CHILDREN IN THIS AREA AND I THINK THIS BOND DOES THAT.

SO I DO FIND IT -- I FIND IT TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF POLITICAL THEATER AND I WILL DISCUSS THAT IN A MINUTE AND HOPEFULLY FOLKS THAT HAD A LOT TO SAY IN PUBLIC COMMENT ARE STILL HERE.

WHEN WE GET TO OTHER AGENDA ITEMS. BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS EFFECTIVELY A STATEMENT OF THE DIRECTOR SUPPORT AND HOW THAT MAJORITY COMES DOWN.

I AM VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THE BOND.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE BUT I'LL GET TO VOTE TONIGHT AND I WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF SUPPORTING THE BOND.

>> THIS IS -- IF I MAY -- HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR SEVERAL YEARS. AND 2019 WE DID FAST A RESOLUTION THAT SUPPORTED THE CONROE ISD SCHOOL BOND REFERENDUM NOVEMBER 5TH, 2019. IT WAS VERY INTEGRAL AND FOUND IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR OUR LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINING OUR PROPERTY VALUES AND OUR HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE THAT CISD HAS BEEN RATED A HIGH PERFORMANCE AND ALSO HIGH ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL FOR THE PAST 15, 16 YEARS.

SECOND TO NONE. PEOPLE MOVE HERE BECAUSE OF OUR

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>> YES. I'D LIKE TO SAY WE'RE ALL BEING REALISTIC ABOUT THE NEED FOR GOOD SCHOOLS HERE AND WHAT THAT MEANS TO OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENTS THAT WE CAN HAVE HERE. WE CAN TALK ABOUT ALL SORTS OF OTHER DEVELOPMENTS AND ALL SORTS OF OTHER POSITIVE THINGS BUT OUR SCHOOLS ALWAYS RANK AS NUMBER ONE FOR REASON PEOPLE WANT TO COME AND BE PART OF THE WOODLANDS.

WE HAVE SOME SCHOOLS THAT ARE PRETTY BAD SHAPE.

I'M ORIGINALLY FROM THE MIDWEST AND WE COULDN'T IMAGINE HAVING A LITTLE SCHOOL WITHOUT A GYM. IT JUST DOESN'T EXIST.

I WAS QUITE SURPRISED TO FIND THERE ARE NO GYMS IN OUR

SCHOOLS. >> ALSO, ONE TIME THE BOARD MADE A RESOLUTION AGAINST THE EXPANSION OF THE WOODLANDS PARKWAY. AS A BOARD WE FELT THAT WE DID NOT WANT THAT. SO THERE HAS BEEN ALSO PRECEDENT NOT ONLY IN THE SCHOOLS BUT IN OTHER TOPICS AS WELL.

>> I ACTUALLY HAVE A SON THAT GOES TO GLADYS ELEMENTARY AND HE IS ONE OF THE SCHOOLS THAT DO NOT HAVE A GYM AND WOULD BE GETTING A GYM IN THIS BOND LERKS.

-- BOND ELECTION. I FIND IT RICH THAT DIRECTOR GIBBS IS TALKING ABOUT NOT TELLING VOTERS HOW TO VOTE ON AGENDA ITEMS. IF YOU GO TO THE TOWNSHIP'S YOUTUBE PAGE RIGHT NOW THERE IS FOUR VIDEOS OF HER TELLING VOTERS HOW TO VOTE ON INCORPORATION, FOR.

SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO LOOK AT WE'RE TALKING OUT OF BOTH SIDES OF OUR MOUTH HERE. SO I HAVE AT LEAST TOWER RESOLUTIONS THAT YOU VOTED ON SIGNATURES ON SOME OF THEM IN WHICH YOU'VE SUPPORTED AND TOLD VOTERS HOW TO VOTE.

BUT TODAY YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WHEN WE DO VOTE WE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. AND EVERYONE SPEAK WHAT THEY

WANT ON THIS BOND. >> WILL YOU CALL THE QUESTION?

>> OKAY. WE WILL DO A ROLL CALL.

LINDA NELSON WILL ASH STAIN BECAUSE SHE HAS BEEN ON THE CIC BOND COMMITTEE. DIRECTOR BAILEY, FOR.

DIRECTOR FRANKS, AYE. DIRECTOR NELSON, ABSTAINS.

DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS, NAY. DIRECTOR SNYDER, AYE.

DIRECTOR WATSON, AYE. MOTION PASSES.

4-1 WITH ONE ABSTENTION. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 9.

[9. Receive, consider and act upon an update related to the impact of a development outside The Woodlands Township/Village of Creekside Park (as requested by Director Sekula-Gibbs);]

DR. NUNES WILL PROVIDE A REPORT CONCERNING THE VILLAGE NEAR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CREEK SIDE PARK OFF OF GOSLING PARK, ALSO REFERRED TO BY MR. ALLEN AND OUTSIDE THE TOWNSHIP BOUNDARIES.

DR. NUNES. >> YOU HIT MY FIRST POINT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OUTSIDE THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP BOUNDARIES.

GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF ORIENTATION ON THE MAP.

THE RED STAR IS THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

AND SO THE VERTICAL LINE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE MAP IS ACTUALLY GOSLING ROAD. SO WHAT YOU SEE THERE IS THE RED STAR OF THE APPROXIMATELY LOCATION OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT AND THE RED DOTTED LINE IS ACTUALLY THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP LEGAL BOUNDARIES. SO THAT MEANS WE DO NOT HAVE A PERMITTING ABILITY. WE DON'T HAVE ANY AUTHORITY OVER THAT LAND FROM THAT STANDPOINT. AS YOU'VE HEARD MR. ALLEN AS WELL AS MAYBE SOME OTHER FOLKS COME TO THIS BOARD, THEY'VE HAD PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER.

AND AS WE MADE MENTION, THE REAE ABILITY TO PERMIT THIS PARCEL.

THE DEVELOPER IS ABH COMMUNITIES.

WE -- I'VE BEEN ON THEIR WEBSITE A NUMBER OF TIMES ON AND OFF THE LAST SIX MONTHS. THEY ORIGINALLY HAD THIS SITE ON THEIR WEBSITE BUT WHEN I WENT TO LOOK AT IT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AS WELL AS JUST BEFORE THIS MEETING DID NOT SEE THIS COMMUNITY AS ONE OF THEIR SITES. THAT HAS TO DO WITH A LITTLE BIT OF THE CHALLENGES THEY HAVE BEEN HAVING WITH GETTING THEIR PERMITTING IN ORDER THROUGH HARRIS COUNTY AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND. THIS IS A BUILT FOR RENT COMMUNITY. SO THESE HOMES ARE A LITTLE BIT ON THE SMALLER SIDE. BUT THEY, ABH ACTUALLY DOES THESE ACROSS THE COUNTRY SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS MARKET.

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THIS IS NOT CONNECTED TO MUD 386 OR 387.

WE HAVE TALKED TO THEIR ENGINEER.

THEY HAVE AFFIRMED TO ME THAT THIS IS NOT PART OF THEIR PLAN.

THIS WILL BE CONNECTION TO THE OAKMONT PUBLIC UTILITIES DISTRICT, AUBURN LAKES UTILITY DISTRICT THAT PROVIDES THEM.

I'VE HAD CONNECTION WITH ONE OF THEIR BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE LAST TEN OR 12 YEARS, TRYING TO ESTABLISH A RELATIONSHIP AND BUILD UPON THAT. THE PERMITTING AUTHORITIES, AND IN YOUR PACKET ARE ACTUALLY THE PERMITS.

HARRIS COUNTY, I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH OUR MAIN PERSON FROM HARRIS COUNTY, WHICH IS LANDON REED, MANY OF YOU KNOW HIM, BEEN IN TOUCH WITH HIM EVERY OTHER WEEK, ABOUT EVERY WEEK, ABOUT THE CONCERNS THE RESIDENTS HAVE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE PERMITTING AUTHORITY. WE ARE JUST ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS IN CREEK SIDE PARK AS WELL AS OTHER PLACES TO SAY WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THERE? THERE'S CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE, CONCERNS THAT WE SEE BUT WE DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO STOP THIS DEVELOPMENT. HARRIS COUNTY HAS A, THE ABILITY FOR PERMITTING. HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL, THERE WERE CONCERNS BY THE RESIDENT AND I CAN UNDERSTAND THEM, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BERMS OF DIRT.

BUT WHAT THEY DO IN ESSENCE IS THEY MODEL THE FINAL PLAN OF HOW MANY ROOFTOPS, HOW MANY SQUARE FOOT OF CEMENT, WHAT ARE THE ROADS GOING TO LOOK LIKE TO GET THEIR HYDRAULIC IMPACTS TO GET THEIR IMPACTS ABOVE OR BELOW THE DEVELOPMENT.

BUT AGAIN MORE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS NEED TO BE ANSWERED BY THE WOODLANDS -- EXCUSE ME THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL.

THE MAINTAIN COMMUNITY. IF YOU LOOK ON ONE OF THE PERMITS YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF -- IF YOU LOOK AT THE ATTACHMENT, I THINK IT'S D WHICH IS THE FULL PERMIT.

THAT IS THE ONE IN FRONT OF YOU, THE GRAIR AREA, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE A LOT OF THE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN HARRIS COUNTY AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPER ON THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE REFILED, CLARIFIED BECAUSE, AT THE START, PARTIALLY TO HIM, IDENTIFYING THAT HEY WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. HARRIS COUNTY, PERMITTING NOT INVOLVED, SHUT THEM DOWN FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS OR WEEKS OR NUMBER OF MONTHS TO SAY THESE THINGS NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.

OUR COMMUNICATION WITH HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT 3 HAS ALWAYS BEEN NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO MEET WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO GET THEIR STUFF TOGETHER.

THERE WILL BE A TIME AND PLACE TO MEET WITH THEM TO TRY TO FIND AND IDENTIFY SOME SORT OF RESOLUTION, IF ONE CAN BE WORKED OUT WITH HARRIS COUNTY WITH THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP AS WELL AS AUBURN LAKES AND THAT'S THE ULTIMATE GOAL THERE THERE.

THE TOWNSHIP MITIGATION, ALL THE LAND THAT WE HAVE IN THIS AREA IS THAT GREEN RESERVE. AND THERE'S WHERE THE BOARD ON MAY 18TH APPROVED ABOUT $113,000 TO PLANT 560 TREES.

WE DID PUT AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM IN THERE, AND GUESS WHAT, IT WAS HOT. NO MATTER HOW MUCH WATER WE COULD PUT ON THOSE TREES IT WAS HOT.

AND CHALLENGING SOIL CONDITIONS. WE DO PLAN TO GO BACK WITH TREES COME THIS SPRING ON ONES THAT ARE DEAD.

WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO GO FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR TO SEE IF THEY ACTUALLY LEAF OUT. WE SEE ONE OF THE BIGGER TREES, FORCED DORMANCY, THEY WILL BROWN IN SUMMER AND COME BACK.

THINK OF THE ONES WE HAD LAST YEAR, HAD TO HAVE HARDWOOD REMOVALS. PINES ARE A DIFFERENT TREE.

WE MAINTAIN POSITIVE COMMUNICATION WITH HARRIS COUNTY. WE ARE WAITING TO TRY TO GET A MEETING WITH THE -- THAT DEVELOPER TO SEE IF ANY OTHER MITIGATION CAN BE DONE BUT AGAIN THERE IS A FINE LINE OF WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH POTENTIALLY TOWNSHIP RESOURCES AND DOLLARS ON NONTOWNSHIP PROPERTY THAT IS ACTUALLY OUTSIDE OF THE

WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP BOUNDARIES. >> CHRIS CAN YOU TELL US THE NAME CONFUSION THAT WE HEARD FROM SEVERAL FOLKS?

>> WELL, THE NAME CONFUSION IS PARTIALLY, THERE IS A DEVELOPMENT AND I'M PART OF THAT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CORNER THERE, OF GOSLING, AS WELL AS I JUST LOST THE NAME.

>> GOSLING OAKS. >> IT'S GOSLING OAKS.

AND SOME OF THE INFORMATION I HAD WAS G GOSLING OAKS, IT IS NW

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GOSLING OAKS AND THE ONE THAT BRINGS YOU INTO RAYFORD, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A MIXED USE SHOPPING CENTER THAT IS PLANNED IN THERE, SO THERE IS AN ERROR ON OUR PART THERE.

BUT AGAIN IT IS A DEVELOPMENT THAT WE ARE KEEPING AN EYE BUT WE DON'T HAVE REGULATOR AUTHYAUTHORITY OVER THAT LAND.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU SIR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS A VERY DETAILED PRESENTATION AND I FOR ONE APPRECIATE THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO PUTTING IT TOGETHER.

I WANT TO THANK MR. ALLEN AND SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME FROM CREEKSIDE PARK ESPECIALLY THE KAYAK RIDGE AND NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY HAVE BROUGHT A LOT OF GOOD THINGS TO US FOR SUGGESTIONS AND WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY IF IT WASN'T FOR THEM, SO THANK YOU. I AGREE THAT THIS IS OUTSIDE OF THE WOODLANDS. BUT THE IMPACT IS DEFINITELY ON THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE CLOSE TO THIS DEVELOPMENT.

SO LIKE MANY OTHER THINGS WE HAVE TO LOOK IN THE BIG PICTURE.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO PARTNER WITH THE VARIOUS PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THIS? AND I LIKE YOUR IDEA OF GOING TO THE -- WHAT IS IT CALLED, THE OKLAHOMAMONT UTILITY DISTRICT AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT PARTNERING.

THE POSSIBILITY THAT THERE MIGHT NEED TO BE A REDO OF SOME OF THE DRAINAGE STUDIES BECAUSE THINGS HAVE CHANGED OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. AND I DON'T SEE ANY ATTACHMENT ON ANY PERMITTING FROM OAKMONT SO YOU MIGHT --

>> THE OAKMONT IS ONLY THE SUPPLIER OF THE WATER.

>> THEY DIDN'T APPROVE ANY OF THE DRAINAGE?

>> IN TALKING TO THE OAKMONT UTILITY DISTRICT, THEY SAID BECAUSE THEY HAD CAPACITY IN THEIR DISTRICT THEY HAD TO PROVIDE THEM A PERMIT FOR USE OF THE WATER.

THIS GETS OUT A LITTLE BIT OF MY WATER OF WHAT'S THE WATER CODE AND ALL THAT TYPE OF STUFF BUT THEY HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE DRAINAGE. IT IS THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL THAT IS POINT ON THAT. AND SO AGAIN, MY UNDERSTANDING, MY LIMITED UNDERSTANDING OF THE DRAINAGE ESPECIALLY IN HARRIS COUNTY IS WHEN YOU'RE DOING HYDRAULIC MODELS YOU ARE DOING FINAL PROCESS TO SAY THERE'S GOING TO BE 128 HOMES PLUS OR MINUS THERE, THERE IS GOING TO BE THIS MANY ROADS THERE, AND HOW IS THAT GOING TO IMPACT UP AND DOWN THE STREAM THERE? MY DISCUSSIONS WITH MR. REED OF HARRIS COUNTY THEY ARE IN

COMPLIANCE WITH THEIR PERMITS. >> I HEARD THAT, I SPOKE TO IN REED RECENTLY AND HE REITERATED THAT.

BUT I BELIEVE HE ALSO WELCOMES THE TOWNSHIP AS A PARTNER IN BUILDING ANY KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT MIGHT BE MADE OR AT LEAST DISCUSSING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, AND MAKING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. I KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT IN THE WOODLANDS, BUT WE DO HAVE THOSE RESERVES AND WE -- THESE RESIDENTS DO BACK UP TO THE DRAINAGE DITCH WHICH IS NOW BEEN PRETTY WELL DENUDED OF ALL THE TREES THAT ARE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE DRAINAGE DITCH. SO I GUESS THE GOAL HERE TODAY FOR ME ANYWAY IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO TALK WITH HARRIS COUNTY AND REBUILD AS MANY BRIDGES AS WE CAN WITH THESE OTHER ENTITIES WITH THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT AS WELL AS MUD 386 AND OAKMONT SO WE ASK WORK TOGETHER AND APPLICANT THE PROBLEMS THAT ARE COMING OVER ON TO THE CREERKSIDE

RESIDENTS. >> I BELIEVE THAT MUD 386 IS NO-

>> THEY HAVE THE DITCH. THEY OWN THE DITCH.

>> THEY OWN THE DITCH BUT THE DITCH IS NOT PART OF THEIR -- OF

THE DEVELOPMENT. >> IT SEPARATES CREEKSIDE FROM

THE NEW DEVELOPMENT. >> WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT DIRECTOR GIBBS, IT HAS BEEN SOMETHING FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, WE HAVE DIRECTED STAFF TO REACH OUT TO TRY AND MITIGATE WHAT LAST HAPPENED. THE CHALLENGE IS, AND IN THE VERY BEGINNING WE AS A BOARD THAT LINE.

-- REFORESTATION ALONG THAT LINE.

WHEN YOU DRIVE DOWN GOSLING AND SEE THAT BARREN TRACK OF LAND IT'S AWFUL. STAFF HAS TIRELESSLY SINCE LAST SPRING WORKED OUT AND TRIED TO MEET WITH THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO PARTNER TOGETHER.

RIGHT THOUSAND WE'RE AT A STANDSTILL THAT 386 IS NOT A PART OF IT WHICH IS FOR OTHER PARTS OF THE WOODLANDS AND DR. NUNES AND HIS TEAM ARE WORKING ON THIS.

IF IF IT WAS PART OF THE WOODLANDS IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT.

>> I THINK THIS HIGHLIGHTS ANOTHER ISSUE THAT I WANT TO TOUCH ON. I'M A BIG BOY.

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BUT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO AND WHAT WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO.

AND WHEN IT'S THOUGHT IN OUR JURISDICTION, THERE CAN BE SEARCH MISS PERRIES OR SEVEN MR. ALLENS UP HERE.

YOU CAN'T GET ANYTHING ELSE DONE THAN WE CAN, IN MANY INSTANCES WHEN IT'S NOT IN THE TOWNSHIP WE DON'T OWN IT, YOU CAN'T HAVE THE DEVELOPER STOP WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND CAN YOU SAY ALL YOU WANT FROM THE MIC BUT YOU CAN'T STOP THEM.

WE CAN'T STOP THEM. YOU THINK YOU CAN.

I WELCOME TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. SAME WITH THE PAVILION.

THERE'S LEGAL CONTRACTS IN PLACE.

I DON'T WANT THAT ACT IN MY BACKYARD EITHER.

I'VE GOT YOUNG CHILDREN. I'M NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT EITHER.

BUT I WISH WE HAD THE POWER THAT MANY OF YOU THINK WE DO, AND MAYBE YOU'LL GET UP HERE AND REALIZE WHAT POWER THAT YOU HAVE OR THAT YOU DON'T. BUT OUTSIDE OF WHAT DR. GIBBS JUST SAID AND IT SOUNDED GREAT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THE SAME THING. USING POLITICAL INFLUENCE.

AND IF YOU DO THAT AND IT GETS EXHAUSTED AND THEY DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR, THERE'S NOT ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN DO. OTHER THAN TRY.

AND I THINK THAT WE ARE TRYING IN ALMOST ALL OF THESE INSTANCES TO HELP THE RESIDENTS. AND WITH WHAT THEY'RE AFTER.

BUT AT SOME LEVEL, IF IT'S A PRIVATE ENTITY, OR PRIVATE PROPERTY, THAT WE DON'T OWN AND WE DON'T CONTROL, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING MORE THAN YOU COULD DO. SO.

>> I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING HERE.

YOU KNOW, MR. ALLEN, I DRIVE BY THAT HORRIBLE DEVELOPMENT EVERY DAY TO GO TO WORK. IT'S HORRIBLE.

I CAN'T STAND IT. AND WHEN YOU CAME UP HERE, I MEAN I EVEN CALLED BEFORE YOU CAME UP HERE TO FIND OUT IF IT WAS IN OUR TOWNSHIP BOUNDARIES AND IT WASN'T.

I LITERALLY CALLED COMMISSIONER TOM RAMSAY, HIS SUPERVISOR BURT GELLER AND SAID YOU HAVE GOT TO DO SOMETHING, IT'S HORRIBLE.

THE RESIDENTS AT THE CREEK IT'S NOT RIGHT.

FURTHERMORE ON MAY 18TH, THIS BOARD APPROVED $113,000 OF REFORESTATION THERE. WE COULD HAVE DONE ONE ROW, WE COULD HAVE DONE TWO, BUT HOW MANY DID WE DO? THREE ROWS OF TREES WE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND.

SO I CAN PROMISE YOU WE HEAR YOU, WE'RE NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT BUT IT IS WRONG WRONG WRONG TO SIT HERE AND SAY THAT WE'RE IN BED WITH THE DEVELOPER. I WOULDN'T BE IN BED WITH THAT DEVELOPER FOR ANYTHING. THAT GUIDE'S RIDICULOUS.

IT IS A HORRIBLE DEVELOPMENT. I JUST DON'T LIKE BEING PAINTED THAT WE'RE NOT LISTENING TO YOU. I CAN PROMISE YOU WE'RE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO MAKE SURE THE RESIDENTS OF KAYAK RIDGE AND THE GREATER COMMUNITY LOOKS GREAT.

AND FURTHERMORE THE ACCUSATION THAT WE DON'T CARE, WE WANT TO CUT TREES DOWN, CHRIS WHEN IS THE LAST TIME ANY BOARD THAT YOU'VE BEEN ON HERE, AND HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN HERE?

>> 17. >> PUT REFORESTATION IN THE

WOODLANDS? >> LARGEST TO DATE.

>> SO LARGE, RETREFTATION IS HUGE HERE, IT'S IMPORTANT.

WE SAW THE DROUGHT THAT HAPPENED.

ON THAT SAME ROAD ON GOSLING, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY PLANTED OAK TREES THAT ARE DEAD, THAT WERE PLANTED IN THE SPRING, BECAUSE OF THE DROUGHT. SO I SUPPORT YOUR WAY OF GOING ABOUT PLANTING TREES TO MAKE SURE THEY HOLD, WE WANT TO BRING WATERING LINES TO THEM WHATEVE WE DO.

>> IT IS POLITICAL THEATER, IT IS THE SAME RHETORIC WE'VE HEARD

FOR TWO YEARS. >> PLEASE I HAVE A SIDE BAR CONVERSATION, I GIVE YOU MY CELL PHONE NUMBER, WE CAN HAVE COFFEE, WHATEVER. WE'RE DOING THINGS TO HELP WHATEVER WE CAN. WHEN THE CAP STONE BATHROOMS GET BROUGHT UP, WE MET WITH PEOPLE, A FRIEND IN THE AUDIENCE SAID YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THIS IN A DIFFERENT WAY AND IT WASN'T ANN PERRY. SO I TELL YOU WE LISTEN TO PEOPLE BUT TO SIT HERE AND SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, POLITICAL THEATER, WE'RE IN BED WITH THE DEVELOPER WE DON'T CARE ABOUT TREES AND WE DON'T CARE ABOUT THIS, THAT'S WRONG AND I'D LOVE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH YOU DIRECTLY.

I'LL TAKE TO YOU COMMISSIONER RAMSAY'S OFFICE DIRECTLY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. I DELIVERED WHAT YOU SENT TO US TO THE COMMISSIONER AND TO HIS CHIEF OF STAFF BURT GELLER.

I'M DOING EVERYTHING I CAN, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT.

>> THE FIRST THING I HATCH TO THE TREES THERE, DO YOU THINK THEY CUT DOWN ANY TREES TO BUILD YOUR HOUSE? IT'S FINE WITH YOU BUT I'M SURE SOME OF YOUR NEIGHBORS CARE ABOUT CUTTING DOWN THOSE TREES. IT'S JUST AN ASIDE.

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FORTUNATELY WE CAN AFFORD TO PUT IN $130,000 WORTH OF TREETION.

TREES. IT'S LIKE THE SCHOOL ISSUE.

DR. SNYDER SPOKE WITH THE TOMBOLISD TRYING TO GET THEM TO RECONSIDER. LET'S HAVE A CALMING OF THE WATERS A BIT AND MOVE ON AND HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE THAT CHRIS AND THE STAFF CAN DO WHAT THEY CAN DO.

>> I CALL THE QUESTION, IS THERE A MOTION AND SECOND TO RECEIVE

THE REPORT? >> SO MOVED.

>> SECONDED. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

[10. Receive, consider and act upon an amendment to the 2023 Interlocal Agreement with Montgomery County for funding of Precinct 3 Constables Internet Crimes Against Children/Safe Harbor Program (C-2023-0042), requesting additional personnel approved for FY2024 budget to be hired during the last quarter of FY2023;]

STAFF IS REQUESTING, RECENT APPROVED ADDITIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY PRECINCT 3.

ANGEL NETS WHO IS OUR DIRECTOR OF CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT WILL

PRESENT. >> THANK YOU CHAIRMAN SNYDER.

WELCOME, GOOD EVENING BOARD. CURRENTLY THROUGH OUR ENHANCED PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES WE CONTRACT WITH MONTGOMERY CONSTABLE 3. WE DO HAVE IN THAT CONTRACT ONE INTERNET CRIMES INVESTIGATOR. TWO SAFE HARBOR INVESTIGATORS AND THEN DURING THE 2024 BUDGET IF YOU REMEMBER, MONTGOMERY COUNTY CONSTABLE PRECINCT 3 DID REQUEST THREE ADDITIONAL SAFE HARBOR VECTORS ALONG WITH VEHICLES, UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT WHICH YOU DID APPROVE. SEPTEMBER 8TH OF THIS YEAR WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE REQUESTING THE CONSIDERATION TO FUND THOSE THREE DETECTIVES AND THE VERSION ON OCTOBER 1ST. DUE TO A COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT ADOPTING A NEW POLICY ON JULY 25TH, THIS REQUIRED THE COUNTY DEPARTMENTS TO SECURE COURT APPROVAL PRIOR TO GOING INTO DISCUSSIONS WITH US. SO SEPTEMBER 26TH, THEY DID GO TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT AND RECEIVED APPROVAL TO BEGIN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE TOWNSHIP.

>> THANK YOU ANGEL. SO I WILL CALL FOR A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE 2023 BUDGET AMENDMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $230,059.33 TO FUND THE THREE NEW DETECTIVES ALONG WITH THREE VEHICLES, UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT FOR TWO MONTHS.

NOVEMBER 2023 THROUGH DECEMBER 2023.

>> MOVE. >> AND AUTHORIZE -- AND WE'LL DISCUSS -- AND AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT AND CEO TO EXECUTE AN APPROPRIATE LEGAL INSTRUMENT WITH MONTGOMERY COUNTY TO EFFECT THIS CHANGE AS APPROVED TO FINALIST FORM BY TOWNSHIP LEGAL COUNSEL. I MADE THE MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? AND THEN WE'LL HAVE DISCUSSION.

>> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

DISCUSSION. IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT.

[11. Receive, consider and act upon proposed amendments to Township Park Order 019-09, related to use of the park, recreation and open space areas of the Township and scheduling a public hearing in connection therewith;]

IF YOU WILL LOOK ON 8 TO 123 IN YOUR BOARD PACKET, STAFF IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF SEVERAL PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO TOWNSHIP ORDER 019-09, AND A SCHEDULE RELATED TO THOSE AMENDMENTS OCTOBER 25TH BOARD MEETING. JOHN MCGOWAN, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION WILL PRESENT.

>> GOOD EVENING, THIS IS IN REGARD TO TOWNSHIP AMENDMENTS 019-09. THE TOWNSHIP IS A SPECIAL DISTRICT THAT DOES NOT HAVE BROAD ORDINANCE ABILITY BUT WE DO HAVE OVER PROPERTY THAT IS OWNED BY THE TOWNSHIP.

SO TOWNSHIP ORDER 019-09, ESTABLISHES RULES GOVERNING USE OF THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE, THE ORDER WAS ORIGINALLY PASSED IN

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UPDATES TO THE TOWNSHIP ORDER HAVE BEEN MADE FROM TIME TO TIME TO ACCOMMODATE GROWTH AND DIVERSITY.

THE LAST TIME IT WAS CHANGED WHICH 2017.

SO WITH THIS, THE ATTACHMENT, THE RED LINE SHOWS THE DIFFERENCES, BUT JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THEM.

>> OKAY, WE HAVE A -- >> I AM GOING TO HAVE A MOTION TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING DURING THE TOWNSHIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING ON OCTOBER 25TH, 2023, IN RELATION TO THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE TOWNSHIP ORDER 019-09 AS

PRESENTED. >> SECOND.

>> OKAY, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

OTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

>> OPPOSED, MOTION PASSES AND THANK YOU MR. MCGOWAN.

THERE IS A NEED TO RECESS TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[12. Recess to Executive Session to discuss matters relating to real property pursuant to §551.072, Texas Government Code; deliberation of economic development negotiations pursuant to §551.087, Texas Government Code; discuss personnel matters pursuant to §551.074, Texas Government Code; discuss IT network or critical infrastructure security pursuant to §551.089, Texas Government Code; and to consult with The Woodlands Township’s attorney pursuant to §551.071, Texas Government Code;]

[13. Reconvene in public session;]

>> WE WILL RESAN JOAQUIN IN PUBLIC SESSION.

RECONVENE IN PUBLICSESSION, IT . IT IS NECESSARY TO TAKE ACTION

[14. Receive, consider and act upon the infrastructure and disaster recovery software replacement;]

MR. WATSON. >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL FROM THE RESERVE.

IS. >> SECOND.

>> IT'S MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY

SAYING AYE. >> AYE.

[15. Consideration of items to be placed on the agenda for next month's meeting;]

>> IT PASSES. AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MONTH'S

MEETING. >> I HAVE ONE.

>> YES. >> I WOULD LIKE A REPORT BECAUSE SEVERAL RESIDENTS HAVE ASKED, ON THE CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE TOWNSHIP'S AUTHORIZATION OF SIGNAGE AND ALLOWING POLITICAL SIGNS AROUND THE COMMUNITY.

AND I'VE ASKED, GOTTEN SOME INFORMATION FROM DR. NUNES ALREADY BUT I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THOSE CHANGES.

>> OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE?

>> I JUST -- ANY UPDATE WE COULD GET ON THE TISD BUSING KIDS TO THE TISD INVOCATION CENTER FROM CREEKSIDE.

HE I KNOW WE ALL SIGNED A LETTER UNANIMOUSLY.

THINGS HAVE MOVED. THAT'S NEXT WEEK, NEVER MIND.

>> IT IS OCTOBER 25TH. >> I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO ADD THAT WE ARE COMING UP TO THE POINT WHERE WE WILL HEAR HOPEFULLY SOME GOOD NEWS BUT PERHAPS WE DON'T KNOW FROM TEXDOT, REGARDING OUR PATHWAY ON 2 TROO. I'D LIKE TO PUT THAT ON THE

AGENDA. >> AS SOON AS WE HAVE THAT IT'S

SCHEDULED TO BE ON THE AGENDA. >> IT SHOULD BE BY THE NEXT

BOARD MEETING. >> WE'RE HOPING.

IT MIGHT BE A NOVEMBER AGENDA ITEM BUT WE ARE HOPING NEXT

[16. Board announcements; and]

WE WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE OF THE VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION, SAT NOVEMBER 11TH, NORTH SHORE PARK NOT TOWN GREEN, FROM 3 TO 5. CORRECT, DR. NUNES? AND WITH THAT, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN?

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.